Democrats easily outnumber the GOP in Denver, but there are still plenty of Denver Republicans to make a big difference in November.

That was the message Monday night at at the Denver GOP’s Lincoln Day Day where, for the second year in a row, Republicans snagged a national figure to speak. This year it was U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida. Last year it was Herman Cain.

Various speakers talked about unseating President Obama, and making the former Illinois senator a one-term president.

“I will go door to door on my knees. I will do anything to help Mitt Romney win for president,” said former Congressman Tom Tancredo, who earlier backed Rick Santorum.

Some other moments from the dinner, which was held at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science:

And Cain trounced other Republican presidential candidates in a straw poll taken at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver in July, receiving 48 percent of the vote.

“He knocked them dead,” recalled Denver GOP political consultant Walt Klein. “I remember thinking, ‘This is the best political speech I’ve heard since Bill Armstrong was running for the Senate in 1978.’”

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.